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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. They inflame the matter which they accuse him of, by putting a bad constr•ction upon his good actions, they say, he stirreth up the people by his teaching; he shaketh their hearts like as an Earthquake shaketh the Earth, so the word signifieth. The word of the Gospel doth indeed shake the hearts of men, but it is to repentance, and to embrace the offer of grace and mercy in Jesus Christ, and this is the real and true shaking, and heart stirring, that the Ministry of Jesus had raised, but they put a bad and false construction upon it, and say, or intimate at least, that Jesus and his followers did stir up the people to Sedition, &c. they pervert the powerful effects of the word that move men to repentance, and say, it moveth them to Faction and Rebellion.
2. They inflame the matter which they accuse him of, by putting a bad constr•ction upon his good actions, they say, he stirreth up the people by his teaching; he shaketh their hearts like as an Earthquake shaketh the Earth, so the word signifieth. The word of the Gospel doth indeed shake the hearts of men, but it is to repentance, and to embrace the offer of grace and mercy in Iesus Christ, and this is the real and true shaking, and heart stirring, that the Ministry of Iesus had raised, but they put a bad and false construction upon it, and say, or intimate at least, that Iesus and his followers did stir up the people to Sedition, &c. they pervert the powerful effects of the word that move men to repentance, and say, it moveth them to Faction and Rebellion.
3. They aggravate and urge their accusation, from the extent of the effect of his Ministry, and preaching saying, that it moveth and worketh through all Jury beginning at Galilee, unto this place, even to Jerusalem, that which is a real glory and commendation, they turn into an angry and envious accusation.
3. They aggravate and urge their accusation, from the extent of the effect of his Ministry, and preaching saying, that it moveth and worketh through all Iury beginning at Galilee, unto this place, even to Ierusalem, that which is a real glory and commendation, they turn into an angry and envyous accusation.